Building antebellum New Orleans : free people of color and their influence

Building antebellum New Orleans : free people of color and their influence /

"Building Antebellum New Orleans examines the architectural activities of New Orleans's gens de couleur libres--free people of color with a mixture of black and European, usually French or Spanish, ancestry. Architectural historian Tara Dudley focuses on their influence on the physical gro...

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Main Author: Dudley, Tara A. (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021
Edition:First edition.
Series:Lateral exchanges.
Subjects:
African American architects > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
African American architecture > Louisiana > New Orleans > 19th century.
Architecture > United States > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Architects and builders > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
New Orleans (La.) > Civilization > African influences.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Ownership: possessing the built environment. The gens de couleur libres' acquisition of property
  • The ramifications of use and location
  • Part II. Engagement: forming and transforming the built environment. The architecture of the Dolliole and Soulié families
  • "Uncommon industry": gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans
  • "Raised to the trade": building practices of gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans
  • The status quo: French, Creole, and Anglo builders and architects in antebellum New Orleans
  • Part III. Entrepreneurship: controlling the built environment. Money, power, and status in the building trades
  • Conclusion. The gens de couleur libres' development of self and group identity through ownership, formation, transformation, and control of the built environment.

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